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Based on qualitative research method, the aim of this study is to understand reflections of young, disadvantaged people’s participation in sports activities on their lives. Primarily, a focus group study consisting of a group of twelve voluntary girls is done. Then, a semi-structured in depth meetings are carried out with seven voluntary girls selected from the first twelve girl group. Data obtained from the focus group study and semi-structured in depth meetings are analyzed by researchers by themselves. The main themes coming from this analysis were perception about young people’s sports activities, individual developments of youth, and their relationships with their families, friends and social environments. These main themes were discussed from the perpective concepts of competence, confidence, character, connection, caring and compassion in positive youth development approach and the study is concluded with some proposals related with the place of sports events on the lives of disadvantaged people. According to the analysis, young people participating in sports activities became stronger connection in relationships with their environment and positively attitudes and behaviours of their families caused positive development for their self-esteem.

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